Simranjit Singh, a PhD student working in Dr. Yiping He’s lab, creates a podcast series called “Scientist the Human.” His goal is to have laid-back conversations with scientists engaged in exciting research and explore their work and career paths. Recently, he interviewed Dr. Herman Staats about his vaccine work and…

Pakawat Chongsathidkiet, who is a second year PhD student in the Pathology Department, and his colleagues in the Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program have received good news:  their revised manuscript on bone marrow T-cell sequestration in glioblastoma has been accepted for publication by Nature Medicine. Glioblastoma is the most common…

Risa Gearhart-Serna, a PhD student in Pathology, studying in the lab of Gayathri Devi, PhD, Associate Professor in Surgical Sciences, has been selected to receive the Duke Environmental Health Scholars (EHS) award for her project “Identifying Aggressive Breast Cancer Outcome Correlations with Environmental Contaminant Exposure: A Geospatial Analysis Project Using…

On a recent trip to West China, PhD student Teilo Schaller visited the West China Hospital, Sichuan University. The department of neurosurgery invited him to give a research update for their clinicians, researchers, and students in a session hosted by Prof. Liu Yanhui . Young residents in the neurosurgery department…

Once again, the PhD Program Pig Pickin hosted by Dr. Herman Staats was a southern classic good time! PhD Students, Graduate Faculty, family and friends gathered at the Staats Ranch on May 5th for classic BBQ and all the trimmings. Pork and Chicken were expertly prepared by Dr. Staats on…

See many photos from the day at our Pathology News link This year we chose to have our day-long retreat at the aptly named University Tower, in Durham. We occupied the top-most (17th)  floor of the building which provided us with a panoramic view of the city of Durham and…